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State officials call it a scheme to take advantage of consumers in
distress.
On NEWS-7 at SIX, we'll hear pawn shop owner Tim McGuire's side of the
story.
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ANCHOR=Keith

We'll also hear some candidates for state song... one that the author says
was divinely inspired.
WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None

Showers and fog give way to temperatures way above normal tomorrow. The
forecast and our WeatherSchool question, just ahead.

Wiley

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=eea
TAPE#96-110
GRAPHIC=Wiley

A Roanoke jury says the death of Jesse Ferguson should cost Cepada
(se-PAY-da) Wiley eight years of his life.

Jurors convicted Wiley of voluntary manslaughter last night.
They reconvened and recommended the prison sentence this morning.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Wiley took the stand, and told the jury he was willing to "do his time", and
try to put his life back together.
His attorney asked for leniency.
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SOT 10:12:42
IN Q=and I think the testimony
((ALTON PRILLAMAN/DEFENSE ATTORNEY; AND I THINK THE TESTIMONY YOU HAVE BEFORE
YOU IS THAT FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE HE WILL BE A PEACEFUL LAW ABIDING CITIZEN.
AND NO FURTHER DIFFICULTY WITH THE COURTS.))
SUPER=01-Alton Prillaman/Defense Attorney;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=with the courts
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VO-NAT

But the prosecution asked for the maximum ten year sentence.
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SOT 10:16:14
IN Q=so ladies and gentlemen
((TOM BOWERS/ASST. COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY; SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN YOU ARE THE
CONSCIENCE OF THIS COMMUNITY, JESSE FERGUSON IS DEAD, DYING A VIOLENT DEATH.
WHAT PRICE DOES THIS MAN PAY, I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT PRICE IS 10 YEARS. ))
SUPER=01-Tom Bowers/Asst. Commonwealth's Attorney;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=is 10 years
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VO-NAT

The judge revoked Wiley's bond and sent him to jail.
He ordered Wiley separated from other inmates, after the defense expressed
concern that some of the victim's friends might also be in jail, and seek
revenge.
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Carroll-Murder

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=Murder

A 21 year- old Carroll County man is charged with murdering his roommate.
Teddy Roe Dixon and 50 year- old William Charles Epperson lived together in
Cana.
Epperson's son asked sheriff's deputies to check out the house because he
hadn't seen his father, and a witness had noticed Dixon driving Epperson's
truck.
Deputies found Epperson dead of gunshot and stab wounds.
Mount Airy, North Carolina police spotted the truck and arrested Dixon.
At the time of the murder, Dixon was free on bond on a kidnapping charge in
North Carolina.

Hazing-Arrests

18 current and former students at Roanoke College face charges following an
incident near Carvins Cove early Tuesday morning.
But today, some of them said it was not a case of hazing.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Salem;

The members of an off- campus organization were in General District Court
this morning.
They all face charges of trespassing. Ten are accused of hazing, and four
of being drunk in public.
They were arrested on property along Timber View Road near Carvins Cove.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=HOLD

Roanoke County police found four of the students blindfolded, lying face
down in four to six inches of water.
Today, members of the group declined interviews, but some said they were
not hazing.

David

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-106
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales

A man accused of beating to death his roommate on Christmas Eve told police
he acted in self defense.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg/December 24; :00

37- year- old Richard Moye (moy) died after he was punched and kicked during
a fight inside this Lynchburg motel room December 24th.
SUPER=03-Lynchburg/Today; :09

33- year- old James Michael David is charged with Moye's murder.
He claims he was sleeping when Moye attacked him, and he retaliated.
David is a former paratrooper who served in Panama and Desert Storm, and
some local veterans were in court today to support him.
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SOT 4:19:33
IN Q=We as a
((RAY GILBERT/82ND AIRBORNE-BLUE RIDGE CHAPTER: WE AS A GROUP, WE'RE ALL
EX-PARATROOPERS ALSO, AND HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY KIN PEOPLE HERE AND NOBODY TO
SUPPORT HIM. WE GOT WORD THROUGH THAT HE HAD NOBODY AND HAD NO MONEY AND HE HAD
NOTHING.))
SUPER=01-Ray Gilbert/82nd Airborne-Blue Ridge Chapter; :00
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=he had nothing.
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VO-NAT

Gilbert and his friends say David was simply in the wrong place at the wrong
time.
A grand jury could indict David next week.
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Pawn-Shop

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#96-108
GRAPHIC=NONE

A Roanoke pawn shop could be liable for tens of thousands of dollars in
refunds, under a settlement reached with the State Attorney General's office.
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SOT
IN Q=City Pawn
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :00
SUPER=01-Misty Hall/City Pawn Shop Customer
SUPER=01-Tim McGuire/Pawn Shop Owner
RUNS=:00
OUT Q=did not deserve it.

City Pawn didn't start out doing anything illegal.
But under a recent circuit court ruling, Tim McGuire found he's breaking
the law by taking vehicle titles- -rather than tangible items such as gold
jewelry, used T-V's and stereos as collateral for loans.
In a little more than two years in business, McGuire has taken in about 400
titles.
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SOT
IN Q=
((I NEEDED CASH AT THE TIME. I GOT THE CASH. I STILL GOT TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE
THAT MY FOUR KIDS ARE TRANSPORTED IN. I MEAN I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT THING.))
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=

Driving away with a clear title, she still does. Though the Attorney General
says she's entitled to a refund, she has no intention of asking for one.
Ten-percent interest plus handling and processing fees didn't bother her.
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SOT 4:00:55
IN Q=
((WHAT'S $10 A MONTH, COMPARED TO THE $100 I NEED AT THE TIME I GOT THIS
TITLE?))
RUNS=:04
OUT Q=

McGuire says it's not fair to lump the processing fees in with the
principle amount of money borrowed to come up with an interest rate of 334%.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 4:26:05
IN Q=
((IT'S A STATE LAW THAT I CAN'T TAKE A CAR TITLE AND JUST PUT IT IN A FILE HERE
WITHOUT PROCESSING IT THROUGH THE D.M.V. AND RECORDING THE LIEN.))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=

The Attorney General says City Pawn "took advantage of consumers."
But McGuire chose to settle the case.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 4:28
IN Q=
((WE COULD HAVE TIED THIS UP IN COURT FOR PROBABLY AT LEAST A YEAR OR A YEAR
AND A HALF. ))
RUNS=:04
OUT Q=
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 4:28:10
IN Q=
(( BUT WE FELT LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT DEALT HERE DID NOT DESERVE IT.))
RUNS=:04
OUT Q=
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VO-NAT

McGuire may be more readily recognized behind the wheel of a race car,
sponsored by W-S-L-S T-V.
His brother, Tony- -a silent partner in the Pawn Shop, drives a car
sponsored by W-D-B-J- -7.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE

Still to come on the newscast, firefighters in the city of Lynchburg have a
busy day,
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VO-NAT
and soon there will be no smoke or fire in the Montgomery County jail as
inmates and personnel alike have to quit smoking.
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Rivermont-Blaze

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=Fire

A half dozen children escaped harm after their house caught fire this
afternoon in Lynchburg.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg

Firefighters say everyone got out of this home on Rivermont Avenue after the
blaze started in an upstairs bedroom.
Crews had the fire quickly extinguished, but rush hour traffic has been
slowed as they continue to mop up the scene.
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L'burg-Fire

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#96-12
GRAPHIC=Fire

Lynchburg firefighters also had their hands full trying to control a fire in
a vacant store this morning.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg

Around 6, a passerby spotted flames coming from the rear of this building on
Campbell Avenue.
The blaze spread quickly to the second story and attic of the wood- frame
structure.
Crews spent close to an hour containing the fire.
The building once housed a grocery store, but most recently was being used
for storage.
No cause has been determined.
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The United Autoworkers already represent WAGE workers in the factory in
Dublin.
About 230 SALARY personnel will vote March 14th on whether they want to
join.
Some of the workers cite a lack of job security and pay raises, as well as
increases in insurance costs as their main concerns.
Salaried employees defeated a similar effort to unionize back in 1989.
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Monty-Jail

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tal
TAPE#97-1
GRAPHIC=No Smoking

Inmates who smoke at the Montgomery County jail will soon have to tough it
out without their cigarettes.
The sheriff's department, including the jail is going smoke- free.
But not right away.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Christiansburg;

Employees have six months to try to kick the habit if they choose.
Sheriff Doug Marrs says the policy is not just a health issue.
It will also address a safety concern in the jail.
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SOT 19:01:42
IN Q=
((DOUG MARRS/MONTGOMERY CO. SHERIFF: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF
TIMES IN A JAIL IS WHERE THE INMATES WILL SET SHEETS ON FIRE AND THINGS LIKE
THAT, WHERE YOU'VE HAD TO GIVE THEM MATCHES TO LIGHT THEIR CIGARETTES. AND SO
THIS WILL, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED ELIMINATE THAT. ))
SUPER=01-Doug Marrs/Montgomery Co. Sheriff;
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=eliminate that.
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VO-NAT

The smoke- free policy takes effect August first.
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Signet-Bank

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#97-3
GRAPHIC=Banking

A move by Signet bank will result in two branch closings in our area.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pulaski;

By the end of the year Signet says it will close its Pulaski and Galax
locations.
In all the Richmond- based bank is eliminating 15 branches.
It will close nine in Virginia, four in Maryland, and two in Washington.
62 employees will be affected, and 47 of them are being offered other jobs
with the bank.
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State-Song

Call it downsizing.
Virginia's voted to retire its state song -- and there's NOTHING lined up to
take its place.
Ellen Qualls takes a look at the state song crisis.
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SOT
IN Q=nat sot guitar
SUPER=03-Richmond; :00
SUPER=@Ellen2; :22
SUPER=01-Johnny Grey/Songwriter; :35
SUPER=01-Sen. Dick Saslaw/(D) Fairfax; :50
RUNS=1:41
OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.

(( nat sot grey guitar riff
runs=:04

What does a good state song sound like?
Who should pick?
Do we really need one?
sot TAPE ONE 03:01:44
((JOHNNY GREY/SONGWRITER: I'M NOT SAYING MY SONG IS THE BEST SONG. I HAVE
FAITH IN IT.))
runs=:04

nat sot JOHNNY GREY 02:48:43
((WE HAVE IT MADE IN VIRGINIA AND HER ROOTS RUN DEEP AND TRUE. VIRGINIA IS FOR
LOVERS, OLD DOMINION I LOVE YOU. guitar riff))
runs=:17

Johnny Grey says he didn't write his song to be the state song, but with all
the controversy over "Carry Me Back..."
sot TAPE ONE 03:00:46
((JOHNNY GREY/SONGWRITER: SOMEONE TOLD ME YOU KNOW THAT WOULD MAKE A GOOD
STATE SONG.))
runs=:03

"Virginia Is For Lovers" was a last minute fix for his first album.
sot TAPE ONE 02:58:39
((JOHNNY GREY/SONGWRITER: SO I GOT UP AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. I
COULDN'T SLEEP BECAUSE I WAS CUTTING MY FIRST ALBUM. I WAS ALL NERVOUS. AND I
WENT TO THE KITCHEN TO GET A DRINK OF WATER AND IT HIT ME. I WROTE IT IN TEN
MINUTES, CALLED HIM, AND SANG IT OVER THE PHONE TO HIM, AND THEY NEVER CHANGED
A WORD INTO IT. IT WAS GOD SENT.))
runs=:16

So lawmakers this year refused to make any plan for finding a new song.
But that hasn't deterred the songwriters -- including Jack Phillips of
Roanoke.
nat sot "Sweet Virginia Evermore"
runs=:08

nat sot
runs=:08

nat sot
runs=:08

nat sot
runs=:08

It took lawmakers 27 years to retire the old one.
It may take a few to find the new one.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond. ))

Cleaner-World

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=jda
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=none

Employees of a Roanoke Dry Cleaner were startled today, when a car came
crashing through a plate glass window.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

It happened early this afternoon at A Cleaner World on Brandon Avenue.
The car was parked at Little Caesar in the lower level of Towers Shopping
Center.
It drifted backwards across the parking lot and four lanes of traffic
before hitting the building.
The owner of the car, Oscar Hackworth, says he is simply thankful that no
one was injured.
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Sports Tease

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
GRAPHIC=NONE

Coming up tonight in sports, an update on Dave Gagnon's inured knee, Terry
Allen signs with the Redskins, the Big South tournament is underway in
Lynchburg,
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VO-NAT eng#

and we'll take a look back at last night's finish to the 11th meeting between
UVa and Tech, plus hear from Ace, Deane, Manns and Staples.
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S-South

ANCHOR=mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=twe
TAPE#BB97-3
GRAPHIC=Big South

Two Big South quarterfinals are in the books in Lynchburg, and
UNC-Asheville and Charleston Southern have advanced. Tonight, Radford and
Liberty will try and do the same.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Lynchburg;

Third seeded Radford worked out at the Vines Center yesterday and again
this morning in preparation for its meeting with number 6 UNC-Greensboro.
Ron Bradley's troops won 5 of the last 7 and split the season series with
the Spartans.
Senior guard Anthony Walker hopes to make his last conference tourney a
memorable one.
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SOT
IN Q="It's definitely...
((ANTHONY WALKER/ ))
SUPER=01-Anthony Walker/Radford Point Guard;
RUNS=:23
OUT Q=...want to win."
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VO-NAT

Walker slightly reinjured his sore ankle yesterday, but says he should be
ready to go tonight.
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=hold graphic

Number 2 Liberty takes on seventh seeded Winthrop in the nightcap.

S-Cavs

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#VB97-1
GRAPHIC=UVA/TECH

Well, by now you've no doubt heard about the wild ending to last night's
Tech-UVa game in Richmond in which the Cavaliers pulled out a 58-to-57 win.
I want to give you several looks at Tech's final shot that would have won the
game had it fallen, and let you hear what the players had to say about the
finish.
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SOT
IN Q=I THOUGHT...
SUPER=01-Harold Deane/6 Points & 3 Assists; :00
SUPER=01-Ace Custis/15 Points & 3 Assists; :20
SUPER=01-Troy Manns/11 Points & 5 Assists; :40
SUPER=01-Curtis Staples/19 Points - 5 Three Pointers; :52
RUNS=1:05
OUT Q=...THIS SUMMER."
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S-NCAA

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S7-1
GRAPHIC=ncaa

The NCAA men's division three basketball tournament is coming back to Salem
next month.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Salem; :00

This afternoon, NCAA assistant director of championship Chris Pohl was in
town along with Emory & Henry coach Bob Johnson, who this week is wearing an
NCAA hat as chairman of the south region.
In other words he can't politic for Roanoke and Bridgewater to get at large
bids when the 64 team field is announced on Sunday.
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SOT
IN Q="I'm not...
((BOB JOHNSON/NCAA SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBER:))
SUPER=01-Bob Johnson/NCAA Selection Committee Member; :00
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=...THEY ARE."
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((Gagnon appears healthy, but according to Express trainer Mike Holden, the
goalie might be out of action for a week.
((MIKE HOLDEN:))
((:))
((DAVE:))
((FRANK ANZALONE:))
The Express is on the road this Friday at South Carolina to face the
Stingrays. Steve Mason news 7 sports"))
((
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S-Allen

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#RS96-1
GRAPHIC=REDSKINS

The Washington Redskins took care of business this afternoon and resigned
free agent running back Terry Allen to a big money deal.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Washington, DC/December; :00

And you might say Christmas has come in February for the the former Clemson
star as he signs a four year deal worth $14 point 8 million dollars.
The contract also includes a $2 point four million dollar signing bonus.
Allen led the NFL with 21 touchdowns last season.
He's had 1000 yards each of the past two years.
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Wx-Tape
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SUPER=306-44/44/100/E-7mph/30.06s/6:54am/6:12pm;

The metal band Metallica is making a stop in Roanoke tonight--
Double Boxes=Keith and Jean/Newsroom

Jean Jadhon joins us from the newsroom.
Jean, Metallica is a notoriously LOUD band-- what are chaperones going to do
if they can't take the noise?
Live=Jean Full/Newsroom
SUPER=@Jean1;

Keith, the folks at the Roanoke Civic Center have set up a "quiet room" in
the adjacent Exhibit Hall--
We'll check out the scene there-- as well as the main event.
We'll have the story, plus all the latest news, weather, and sports tonight
on News 7 at 11. Keith?
Talent=Keith

And for the region's first TEN O'clock newscast,
Take Prime Time Board Fullscreen
watch News-7 Prime Time
on W-E-F-C.
It's on Channel 38 "over the air," and on a lot of cable systems. For
example we're on Cable Channel six in Botetourt.
Talent=Keith